“Slappin’ a horse, and gettin’ throwed off,” she replied.
Jimmy got to his feet, braced his legs and stared at her.
“I dunno just what did happen,” he confessed foolishly.
Marion eyed him gravely, and he thought she was the prettiest girl he had ever seen.
“You must be the new man at the AK,” she said.
“Yes ma’am, I’m the new cowpuncher.”
“Cowpuncher?”
“Well, yea-a-ah,” he tried to imitate Johnny Grant.
The girl laughed.
“I’m James Eat—Jimmy Legg,” he stammered.